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Norton, Molinaro Bill to Remove Derogatory “R-Word” from D.C. Code Passes Senate Committee

April 10, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs marked up and passed her bipartisan bill, the Words Matter for the District of Columbia Courts Act, co-led in the House by Rep.

Norton Introduces Bill to Prohibit Census Questions on Citizenship, Nationality, and Immigration Status

April 9, 2024

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WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill today that would prohibit questions on citizenship, nationality, and immigration status on the decennial census.

Norton Introduces Bill To Create Commemorative Coin To Honor Paul Laurence Dunbar

April 2, 2024

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced the Paul Laurence Dunbar Commemorative Coin Act to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to mint 50,000 five-dollar coins, 400,000 one-dollar coins and 750,000 half-dollar coins in recognition of Paul Laurence Dunbar, one of the first influential African American poets in American literature.

Norton Introduces Bill To Address Complicit Bias In Schools

March 28, 2024

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today she plans introduce the Combating Implicit Bias in Education Act during Friday’s pro forma session. This bill would create a $30 million grant program for schools to train teachers, principals and other personnel on implicit bias. Norton says the program would cover both actual and perceived race, religion, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), disability, ethnicity and socioeconomic status.

Norton Mourns Loss of Senator Joe Lieberman, D.C. Champion

March 28, 2024

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said she was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Senator Joseph Lieberman, who, at age 82, passed away yesterday. Norton said that Lieberman was a tireless champion of D.C. statehood.

Norton Secures Victories in Final Fiscal Year 2024 D.C. Appropriations Bill

March 26, 2024

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton said the final fiscal year (FY) 2024 District of Columba Appropriations bill, which President Biden signed into law last week, includes many victories for D.C. The bill provides $40 million for the D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant Program (DCTAG), a program created by a Norton bill. The appropriations bill, however, also includes two anti-home rule riders, one prohibiting D.C.

Norton Statement on House Administration Committee Hearing on D.C. Crime

March 21, 2024

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today’s Committee on House Administration hearing purporting to be about crime in D.C., even though crime across almost all measures has declined significantly, demonstrates that the Republican fixation with meddling in local D.C. affairs is undemocratic, paternalistic, irresponsible and unreflective of reality.

Norton Introduces Bill to Clarify Due Process Rights for Federal Employees

March 19, 2024

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill to clarify due process rights for federal employees serving in sensitive positions. Norton's bill would overturn an unprecedented federal court decision, Kaplan v. Conyers and MSPB, that stripped federal employees who do not work on classified matters of the right to independent review of an agency decision removing them from jobs on grounds of ineligibility, preventing at least 200,000 federal workers who are designated as "noncritical sensitive" from appealing. Norton says the Kaplan decision undercuts the Civil Service Act, which ensures due process rights for federal workers, as required by the U.S. Constitution.

Norton Introduces Bill to Allow Commercial Filming at Capitol

March 13, 2024

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill to permit commercial filmmaking and photography at the Capitol Complex beyond the area where it is currently permitted, Union Square, when both chambers of Congress are out of session. Norton’s bill would provide an economic and patriotic boost to the nation’s capital by allowing commercial filmmakers and photographers to showcase the Capitol in its fullest authenticity to the nation and the rest of the world. The expanded commercial filmmaking and photography would be subject to the same conditions and requirements that exist for commercial filmmaking and photography in Union Square. Norton said her bill addresses any security concerns by giving Capitol Police full discretion on when to issue permits. Norton’s bill is part of her effort to expand public access to public spaces, particularly around the Capitol.

Norton Says Biden’s Budget Contains Critical Victories She Requested for D.C.

March 13, 2024

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that President Biden's fiscal year 2025 budget, released this week, includes several significant victories for the District of Columbia, including, as Norton requested, $40 million for the D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant Program (DCTAG), which a Norton bill created, and an increase in the DCTAG annual and lifetime grants. However, she said she was disappointed that the budget, like the president’s previous budgets, maintains the rider that prohibits D.C. from spending its local funds on recreational marijuana commercialization.

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